[Introduced January 18, 2012; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the
Athletic Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating
to mixed martial arts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article 9, chapter 64 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on the
twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eleven, authorized under
the authority of section three-a, article five-a, chapter twenty-nine, of this code, modified by the Athletic Commission to meet the
objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and
refiled in the State Register on the sixth day of January, two
thousand twelve, relating to the Athletic Commission (mixed martial
arts, 177 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Athletic
Commission to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Mixed
Martial Arts.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.